Samsung - SmartThings Hub - White

This product need to include more compatibility with products like Wink has. Need much better interface with App

This is the 2018 model of the SmartThings Hub. It has both WiFi and LAN connections to connect to your router. It offers Zigbee, Z-wave Plus and Bluetooth connectivity to smart home equipment. Compatibility is good so far with most smart home components. The only real down side of going with SmartThings is that it is not compatible with Nest (SmartThings is by Samsung, Nest is by Google) so you can't integrate your nest thermostat into the SmartThings App or its routines. The work around for this problem is to use another free app called "Stringify" to create your routines that incorporate both Nest and SmartThings components together.

I had issues in the beginning to connect with Arlo cameras but overall it helps keep my smart devices together in one app. The first alert smoke detector is the reason for getting the hub because now I can be notified for smoke and carbon monoxide without being home. I can also control my Samsung tv with any device that has SmartThings. It’s a cool hub and recommend. I received a new one when my first one wasn’t turning on. Their customer service is so good and quick u compared to Arlo who’s customer service lacks

I was on wink hub for 4 years until they got flaky and it quit working most of the time. I moved to smartthings and it was fairy ready to transfer all of the smart items over. My only complaint is they don't offer as much support of the smart items I have. My cameras aren't able to be setup. I have written them to ask for then to be added but I got a generic email saying they would look into it. It seems to work mostly with samsung items. It has promise if they add more components.

Works great an easy to set up I set up 6 Devices they was fast an easy too work with works with any phone u can Monitor them on your phone

I bought a wink hub years ago to integrate my z-wave devices. It worked. Not that pretty. Now, they want to charge me for something because they ranked their business and can’t own up to it. To be clear, I don’t mind paying for something if I am getting something more. This was not the case. I should have purchased the SmartThings hub. Beautiful integration and interface. I will integrate with HomeBridge for HomeKit compatibility. I am looking forward to the new hotness. Great product Samsung.

I had recently purchased C by GE bulbs, and needed a hub to connect them to my google home, because I have 12 bulbs. Google home's can only natively connect to about 6. I wanted the C by GE hub but all they had was the outlets. I knew the outlet acted as a bridge the same way as the hub does, but the service guy told me that this was the better hub (it is) and would absolutely connect to the C by GE bulbs (it can't). After realizing it will not work (bulbs are bluetooth and wifi, smarthings hub is zigbee) I thought, what else do I have that it will connect to? My thermostats already connect to Google Home, and yes, they connect to smartthings, but what would be the point? So much of what I have connects to google home, And I do not have Samsung TV's that I really don't need this thing. But I'm holding on to it, to see what may change. Good tool, uninformed Best Buy dude.

We needed a Smart Home Hub which would allow us to create smart triggers and smart home automation across different smart home devices that we had. The hub does a good job of integrating with most common devices in the market which support Z-wave or Zigbee protocols. It also enables connection with Alexa and Google so that you can call the scenes and automations using your voice assistant.